HomeCare News

WASHINGTON—The Research Institute for Home Care (RIHC or the Institute) and the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) released the 2023 RIHC Home Care Chartbook. Highlighting the role homecare plays in caring for an aging demographic, the Chartbook provides a look at the patients being served in home health, who they are demographically and clinically and the workforce that cares for them.

NEW YORK—Sentinel Capital Partners, a private equity firm that invests in midmarket companies, announced a minority structured equity and junior debt investment in the Worldwide Home Care division of Sodexo (the "Company"), which provides in–home care in the United States, United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Brazil. The investment supported the acquisition of the Company led by private equity firm The Halifax Group.

ROSEVILLE, California—Always Best Care Senior Services caregivers around the country often see their clients experiencing winter and holiday doldrums when the daylight hours become shorter and temperatures grow colder.

BOSTON—Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts ("Blue Cross") announced that it will remove prior authorization requirements for homecare services for commercial members beginning Jan. 1, 2024. This means hospitalized members will not be required to get advance approval before being discharged to continue treatment at home.

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NEW YORK—Tomorrow Health, a home-based health care platform, released new data with Geisinger Health Plan (GHP), illustrating how improving home-based care delivery can have measurable impacts on health plan costs, member satisfaction and overall health outcomes for patients. 
 

WASHINGTON—On Monday, Nov. 6, the Biden-Harris Administration proposed steps to fix Medicare Advantage's (MA) use of prior authorization as well as curb predatory marketing within MA plans.

NEWARK, New Jersey—The owner of a marketing company located in India admitted his role in conspiracies to commit healthcare fraud and to pay and receive illegal kickbacks, Attorney for the United States Vikas Khanna announced.

NEW YORK—As November is recognized as National Family Caregivers Month, A Place for Mom (APFM), an online platform for caregivers seeking senior care options, has released the findings of its 2023 State of Caregiving in the U.S. Survey. To draw attention to the challenges faced by the 41 million family caregivers in the country, the survey results reveal new information about the increasing obstacles caregivers are overcoming, highlighting the pressing need for more support and resources.

BOULDER, Colorado—Quality Biomedical, a biomedical equipment service provider in the home medical equipment (HME) and post-acute markets, is expanding into larger facilities in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area to meet the growing demand for its services.

WASHINGTON—BAYADA Hearts for Home Care (H4HC), a nonprofit advocacy organization made up of thousands of homecare recipients, their families and loved ones and homecare professionals, presented Bill Dombi, president of the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC), with its Lifetime Achievement Award.

PELHAM MANOR, New York—Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Naomi Gruchacz, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Office of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (“HHS-OIG”), announced the unsealing of a five-count Indictment charging Manishkumar Patel in connection with a health care fraud and kickback scheme involving the sale of fraudulent prescriptions.

TEMPE, Arizona—SYNERGY HomeCare, a national homecare franchise and an Entrepreneur 500-ranked enterprise, has sold 37 new territories through the end of the third quarter, up 16% from a year ago.

The brand currently has 488 sold territories, up 45% since January 2020.

FORT WORTH, Texas—Apple Homecare Medical Supply, Inc., a Texas pediatric respiratory and enteral supply provider, was recently acquired by Minnesota-based Pediatric Home Respiratory Services, LLC (PHS), a multi-state provider of pediatric respiratory equipment, enteral nutrition, infusion nursing and pharmacy, homecare/private duty nursing and more.

RALEIGH, N.C.—State and national durable medical equipment (DME) advocates have helped secure a $3.2 million increase for HME in North Carolina, the American Association for Homecare (AAHomecare) announced. 

AAHomecare credited the Atlantic Coast Medical Equipment Services Association (ACMESA) and strong relationships developed with North Carolina Medicaid officials and members of the state legislature for making the win possible.  

ATLANTA—The American Association for Homecare (AAHomecare) and the Georgia Association of Medical Equipment Suppliers (GAMES) recently secured a rate floor for durable medical equipment (DME) using regulatory authority, AAHomecare announced. Laura Williard, vice president of payer relations for AAHomecare and state legislative chair for GAMES, worked closely with Peachtree Government Relations and helped organize two lobby days in the state to educate government officials on reimbursemen

DALLAS and OMAHA, Nebraska—In an advancement for home-based care providers, Axxess, a global technology innovator for health care at home, and 

ATLANTA—Gentiva, a dedicated hospice, palliative and personal care company, announced it has received all required state and federal regulatory approvals and completed its previously announced acquisition of ProMedica's home health, palliative and hospice business. 

OVERLAND PARK, Kansas—WellSky, a health and community care technology company, announced it has acquired Corridor, an end-to-end tech-enabled services platform designed for the post-acute care industry’s challenges, from HealthEdge Investment Partners, a health care-focused private equity firm.

CHICAGO—Sunset Healthcare Solutions is partnering with Maxtec to distribute a line of oxygen analyzers.